“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” GovernmentLibertyProgramEconomicsConservativeLibertarianPermanentTemporaryLibertarianismFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyGovernment Programs Author:Milton Friedman
“History may well record that we served liberty and saved freedom when we undertook a crash program in the field of education . . .. I hope this bill is only the forerunner of better things to come.” WellsMayEducationLibertyRecordsFieldsProgramBillsSavedCrashForerunners Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Every time the Secretary of Defense tries to get a hand on his many intelligence programs, we hear warnings about the dire consequences to liberty. When you look behind those warnings, what you really see is the CIA trying to preserve its perks.” TryingLooksHandsBehindsLibertyMilitaryConsequenceProgramDefensePreservesWarningSecretaryCiaPerks Author:Mark Riebling
“Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. The challenge is getting the details right, and that's not simple.” ChallengesSimpleLibertyProgramDetailsRepeatsNot InterestedCivil LibertiesNsa Author:Barack Obama
“Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.” CertainLeftForceSocialLibertyMilitaryProgramBehaveCivil LibertiesMilitary ForceSocial Programs Author:David K. Shipler
“A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to do good with other peoples' money.” WantGovernmentLibertyWillingPoliticianProgramCaringLibertarianSensitiveFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyCharitableGovernment Programs Book:The Enemies List Source: The Enemies List
“Under the president's spying program, there are no checks and balances. There is no outside review of the legality of this brazen infringement on the civil rights and liberties of the American people. Undeterred by the public outcry, the president [George Bush] vows to continue spying on American citizens.” PeoplePresidentLibertyRightsBalanceCitizensProgramChecksCivil RightsReviewsVowAmerican CitizensBrazenLegalityInfringement Author:Samuel Alito
“Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.” HeartMayMeanHelpingHandsLibertyPovertyEconomicProgramWarmLibertarianWelfareLibertarianismMysticalReally MeanBureaucratsGullible Author:Thomas Sowell
“Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hitler of the day, an appeal to patriotism is used to convince the people that a little sacrifice of liberty, here or there, is a small price to pay...The results, though, are frightening and will soon become even more so.” PeopleLittlesWarGovernmentUsedLossResultsEffortPayLibertyPovertySacrificeDrugProgramCurrentsTerrorismDeterminedAppealsConvinceFrighteningIgnoredPromptsGovernment ProgramsWar On Poverty Author:Ron Paul
“There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money - if a gun is held to his head.” PeopleIfsWantTryingWellsGovernmentLibertyVirtueWillingPridePoliticianGunProgramEconomicsCharityCaringLibertarianSensitiveVotersLibertarianismFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyCharitableAdvocatingCompulsoryGovernment ProgramsWilling To Try Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” PeopleStatesGovernmentAmericaPoliticalPoliticsNamesNationsFreedomLibertyKnowingHappenedPoliticianOne DayProgramHistoricalLibertarianSocialismCommunismMinistersUsaLiberalismNew WorldElitesSocialistFragmentsNew World OrderWorld OrderLimited GovernmentWorld GovernmentLimiting GovernmentNwoOne World GovernmentAmerican LibertyPolitical IdeologyCommunism And SocialismSocialist PartyAnti LiberalSocialist Government Author:Norman Thomas
“We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. As long as the government provides largesse for the majority, the special interest lobbyists will succeed in continuing the redistribution of welfare programs that occupies most of Congress's legislative time.” PeopleLongGovernmentInterestLibertySpecialSucceedProgramMajorityCongressCommunismWelfareContinuingSpecial InterestsVigilantLobbyistsWelfare ProgramsLargesse Author:Ron Paul
“I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here lawfully. I, as chair of this commission, would not be a party to any system that I felt was an unpardonable intrusion into the private lives of people. If I felt that what we are recommending would be such an intrusion I can assure you that recommendation would never have seen the light of day, not even as a pilot program.” PeopleIfsTryingI CanLightWould BeFeltPartyLibertyCareersRightsCitizensProtectProgramConstitutionImmigrationCivil RightsChairsPilotsPrivate LifeCivil LibertiesAmerican CitizensRecommendationsIntrusion Author:Barbara Jordan
“The program of liberalism if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production.” LibertyEconomicProgramPropertyLibertarianLiberalismLibertarianismSingle WordClassical Liberalism Author:Ludwig von Mises
“War is just one more big government program.” WarBigsGovernmentLibertyProgramLibertarianJust OneLibertarianismBig GovernmentGovernment ProgramsGreat Libertarian Author:Joseph Sobran
“[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There is no moral difference between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax or any other social program.” SocialDifferencesLibertyMoralTaxesProgramLibertarianScalesIncomeProgressiveLibertarianismFeathersDishonestyNestsIncome TaxSocial Programs Author:Leonard Read
“Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.” GivingBigsForgetLibertyMillionsAdvantageProgramEconomicsVoteElectionDemocratLibertarianHolesPresidentialVotersLibertarianismInitialsForget ItTaxpayersPresidential ElectionAces Author:Joseph Sobran
“Anything called a "program" is unconstitutional.” LibertyProgramLibertarianLibertarianismUnconstitutional Author:Joseph Sobran
“Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since government has no resources of its own, and since there's no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person's property to give it to another to whom it does not belong - in effect, legalized theft.” GivingFirstsPersonsDoeGovernmentSpiritLibertyEffectsResourcesConcernedProgramEconomicsPropertyCongressSpendingLibertarianTeethFairyFundLibertarianismTheftKindredGovernment ProgramsGovernment SpendingTooth FairyKindred Spirit Author:Walter E. Williams
“Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.” FirstsGovernmentLawLibertyAchieveProgramOppositesAccomplishLibertarianLibertarianismGovernment Programs Author:John Pugsley